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Iraqi Shiite festival escapes bloodshed (AP)

Date : 19 Jan 2008 Category : World

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AP - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims clambered aboard buses or began trekking homeward on foot Saturday at the end of Ashoura, a 10-day ritual to cleanse the spirit and scourge the body in honor of their founding saint.

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